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datolite
EntityQ415059· pop 25· linked from 21 articles

mineral

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Within Vinony's link graph, datolite is referenced by 21 other articles, and connects out to Mohs scale of mineral hardness, silicate mineral and relative density.

Vinony files it under Calcium minerals, Gemstones and Luminescent minerals.

Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Mineral.name
Datolite
Mineral.category
Nesosilicate
Mineral.image
Datolite-rom25c.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260px
Mineral.caption
Datolite on sphalerite from San Luis Potosí, Mexico (size: 6.2 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm)
Mineral.formula
CaBSiO4(OH)
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Dat
Mineral.strunz
9.AJ.20
Mineral.system
Monoclinic
Mineral.class
Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Mineral.symmetry
P21/c
Mineral.unit cell
a = 9.62, b = 7.6 c = 4.84 [Å]; β = 90.15°; Z = 4
Mineral.color
Colorless or white; may be grayish, yellow, green, pale green, red, pink, etc.
Mineral.habit
Crystal prismatic, short to tabular; Botryoidal or globular with columnar structure; granular to compact; cryptocrystalline
Mineral.cleavage
None
Mineral.fracture
Conchoidal to uneven
Mineral.tenacity
Brittle
Mineral.mohs
5 to 5.5

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
cyclosilicates
Named after
separation
Image
Datolite-1116-02f.jpg
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Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.AJ.20
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.AJ.20
Commons category
Datolite
type locality (geology)
Arendal
described by source
Mala hirnycha encyclopædia
IMA Mineral Symbol
Dat
chemical formula
CaB(SiO₄)(OH)
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/A’.12
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